How to spark a conversation that will effect change
By Brian Muchiri As a budding writer/content creator, I seek to entertain my readers and take their minds off the stress that they may be going through in their lives. I desire to provoke critical...
View ArticleWhen we become each others’ responsibilities we build better communities
By Tibo Deo Most people called him the tiny bird, messenger, some the confused village boy while others called him a wise boy. He was everything you needed to know about the updated political...
View ArticleCan the government and its citizens connect through the digital space?
By David Gitari. Peter Drucker once said “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old” The planet we live in today is evolving fast in technology, the urge to simplify and fasten...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Advert for jobs at Kenya National construction Authority Fake
An advertisement for jobs at the Kenya National Construction Authority (NCA), that was posted on Twitter on 16th September is FAKE. The twitter post advertises 18 positions ranging from architects to...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: SAFARICOM SPIN AND WIN PROMOTION POST IS FAKE
A fake Safaricom spin and win post has been circulating on social media urging people to spin and win money to their M-PESA accounts. The post says “Here’s a chance to get Ksh2800 sent to your M-PESA...
View Articlegovernance promotion in the digital age
By Sylvester Addo Today, we live in a world where everything is moving online and becoming digital because of the fourth industrial revolution. We shop and sell online, chat and meet with family and...
View ArticleMy positive experience with Covid-19
By Judy Mbugua 2020 has been a rough year for all of us. For a couple of months, everything seemed to be on a downward spiral. A lot was happening all at once and life left us in a daze. Yeah, Covid-19...
View ArticleCovid 19: A blessing in disguise
By Victor Werimo I would have never thought that the world would come to a near standstill. Not for an hour, but for months. For 7 months, life has not been normal even for the world-leading economies...
View ArticleWays to regain media freedom in Kenya
By Cynthia Manzi The Kenyan constitution allows for freedom of expression which does not extend in cases of incitement of violence, the propaganda of war and spread of hate speech. It may appear in a...
View ArticleHow COVID 19 Has Affected Various Sectors of the Economy
By Maurice Gathu Munga A pandemic brings about both negative and positive impacts. Kenya is one of the developing countries that heavily depend on agriculture whilst commercial trading being a major...
View ArticleHow Kenyans are coping during a pandemic
By Wendi Ndaki The Coronavirus was first detected in Kenya on the 12th of March 2020. I remember I was at a scriptwriting training in Baraza Media Lab, Nairobi on that day when one of our facilitators...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence and the future of employment
By Billy Gibendi Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation have a huge part in our society, we don’t know what is to come. There are things that we do on a daily basis, that robots can’t automate for...
View ArticleKeeping fit in the lockdown with Youtube
By Ann Mbeke Indeed, the lockdown was not a favourable idea or a best practice for anyone whose life revolved outside the house or home. I remember when everyone including my parents had to be home by...
View ArticlePolitical narratives are to blame for the election of unqualified leaders
By Cavin Odhiambo A few weeks ago I started a Youtube channel called Be The Leader (BTL) to talk about leadership and entrepreneurship. The decision to include leadership as a contemporary was informed...
View ArticleFact-Check: Facebook advert on Jobs at Sarova Hotels Fake
On 26th November 2020, a Facebook Page, Sarova Hotels and Resorts Kenya advertised several job openings, which were fake. The page claimed that the hotel is hiring new employees following the reopening...
View ArticleFact Check: Photos of mass graves in Mombasa is fake
2020 has been quite different from all the other years and so has everything else been. Fake news also thrived through the period; misleading statements have been all over the internet about...
View ArticleBBI: A LEPROSY FOR THE YOUTH
By Kennedy Odweyo The Building Bridges Initiative report (BBI) needs not an ADS Rifle lense to see that it has sweetly offered a calabash of baits to the common youth(wo)man in Kenya. Its proposals to...
View ArticleThe Social Cost of the Pandemic
By Jacob Kinyua. It is no surprise that Merriam-Webster has named Pandemic as the word of the year. The term seems too familiar when used today and we all know what it means. But that was a different...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day and the COVID – 19 Pandemic
By Brian Onuonga. Each year, on 1st December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite on this day to show their support for people living with HIV and to remember those who...
View ArticleIEBC urges Kenyans to verify their information on the BBI supporters list
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) has urged Kenyans to verify whether they recorded their information to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) or not after the...
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